Google+ challenges Facebook in social network battle
LONDON. June 29. KAZINFORM Online search giant Google has launched a new social networking website in its latest attempt to take on Facebook, which now claims more than 500m users; Kazinform refers to BBC News.
Google+ allows individuals to share photos, messages and comments but also integrates the company's maps and images into the service.
It also aims to help users easily organise contacts within groups.
But some analysts say Google has simply reproduced features of Facebook while adding a video chat function.
Google, which handles roughly two out of every three internet searches in the US, has taken several stabs at Facebook in recent years.
But its previous efforts ended in failure, with both Google Wave and Google Buzz proving unpopular with users; Kazinform cites BBC News.
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